The acquisition of adjectival ordering in Italian

Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2011, Pages 65-93

  Cardinaletti, Anna ^a   Giusti, Giuliana ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Adjectives; Input; Nominal expression; Variable word order

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118975231     PISSN: 18730043     EISSN: 22151788     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9207-6_4     Document Type: Chapter

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